Editing Policy analysis (section)

===Steps for conducting a policy evaluation===
Policy evaluation is used to examine content, implementation or impact of the policy, which helps to understand the merit, worth and the utility of the policy. Following are National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy's (NCCHPP) 10 steps:<ref>{{cite document |last1=Morestin |first1=F. |last2=Castonguay |first2=J. |date=2013 |title=Constructing a logic model for a healthy public policy: Why and how? |location=Montréal |publisher=National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy}}</ref>

; Planning:
* Clarify the policy
* Engage stakeholders
* Assess resources and evaluability
* Determine your evaluation questions
* Determine methods and procedures
* Develop evaluation plan

; Implementation:
* Collect data
* Process data and analyze results

; Utilization:
* Interpret and disseminate the results 
* Apply evaluation findings

Details of such a plan may vary by institution and context. For example, a [[Public Health Ontario]] revision of the above replaces the first three steps with "describe the program", "identify and engage partners", and "determine timelines and available resources", while otherwise retaining the model.<ref>{{cite web |title=At a Glance: Goals-based Evaluation for Health Promotion |date=September 2023 |publisher=[[Public Health Ontario]] |work=PublicHealthOntario.ca |url= https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/A/2023/aag-goals-based-evaluation-health-promotion-programs.pdf |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>